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March 22, 2019
Storage of PDF Patterns
I have to admit that I have a plethora of PDF patterns. I love 'em. I can download those puppies at 2 am when I'm on one of my sewing marathons, or Sunday morning when I'm relaxing with a cup of coffee, or in the middle of an emergency project for a client. They are plainly convenient and love the flexibility of them. I also like that pattern companies don't have to guess at which pattern
will be popular and need more printing than another - saving money and paper. It's really a win/win proposition.
But I've also been in a mess about what to do with them after I've traced my tissue - and I know, I can hear you now, you don't do that - you want to skip that step and I hear you. For me though, it's easier and more available for me to trace them on tissue. For me patterns are a starting place, like the recipes in my cookbooks. OK Fine that's what Martha likes, but I like a little more salt or a little more pepper or more cumin, yada, yada,
yada. I use my patterns the same way - I like my pocket placement higher and deeper (I have a big smartphone with it's big protective case), I like a higher waist, I like the hem longer/higher, yada, yada, yada. So even though I make many changes, I still like to have the original for a lot of reasons - classes, students, clients, and even me when I bollocks up a pattern royally...and yes, it happens to pros all the time!
Uh - yeah - I Do Not Live In The 70s!
So what to do with those things. They are cumbersome, they don't fold well, and certainly not neatly or very space efficient. For a while I had them hanging on hangers and that was like going through one of those beaded doorways in the 70s.
Been there done that, thankyouvermuchladiesandgentlemen!!!! Not only that but it was really cumbersome looking for that one pattern that I knew I had, while weeding through the hanging patterns.
Enter the Muse!
In truth there is really no space efficient or organized way to order these cumbersome tools, and yet, I wasn't ever going to throw them away.
Enter the muse (you know that sweet thing that gives you all those brilliant ideas!), and her great suggestion that there's a little space on the bottom of the stash closet that's perfect space for rolled pdf patterns.
About Rolling Patterns
So here's the deal, I had to roll these things so that I could see what they are, could get through them quickly and be space efficient - rolling works. If I can't roll them so that the name or outline or picture or anything identifying the pattern shows, then a blank sheet of paper rolled on top is a great solution.
Voila - everything is organized and once again manageable. These are light-weight so the bottom ones don't get smushed, and I always roll so that the printing is on the outside because:
1. It's easier to see what the pattern is
2. When unrolled, the don't curl up, then curl down and easier to copy, use, trace or whatever.
I will not store these stacked on the end as many of them have tails and delicate (and important information) on the edges that needs to be preserved.
This is sooooooooooo much easier and so much more efficient than going back to the 70s!
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